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Tuesday, February 20, 2018

‘Torch Song’ To Re-Alight On Broadway In November In Former Home by Patrick Hipes

The Second Stage’s production of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song will move to the nonprofit theater’s Helen Hayes Theatre in the fall, returning the Tony-winning play to Broadway a…

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Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Katharine McPhee To Make Broadway Debut In ‘Waitress’ by Patrick Hipes

Katharine McPhee has been set to make her Broadway debut in April when she takes over the lead role of Jenna in Waitress, the Tony-nominated musical based on the movie from Adrienne Shelley …

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Monday, January 22, 2018

‘The Rose’ Broadway Musical In The Works From The Jackal Group by Patrick Hipes

The Rose, the 1979 Fox film that scored four Oscar nominations including Best Actress Bette Midler, is eyeing Broadway. Gail Berman’s The Jackal Group said today it will produce a Broa…

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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Michael Moore Says He’s Taking ‘Terms Of My Surrender’ On The Road by Patrick Hipes

Two days after Michael Moore’s Broadway show The Terms Of My Surrender took its final bow, Moore said today he isn’t done yet — he plans to take it on the road in 2018. …

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Thursday, September 21, 2017

‘War Paint’ Sets Broadway Close For December by Patrick Hipes

War Paint, the Broadway musical that stars Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole who were both nominated for Tonys this year, has set a December 30, 2017 closing date at the Nederlander Theatr…

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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

‘Groundhog Day’ Ending Broadway Run Next Month by Patrick Hipes

Groundhog Day, the Broadway musical based on the stellar 1993 romantic comedy starring Bill Murray, is ending its Broadway run on Sunday, September 17, producers said today. It will have pla…

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Joshua Jackson To Make Broadway Debut As ‘Children Of A Lesser God’ Sets Dates by Patrick Hipes

Joshua Jackson is moving to Broadway with Children Of A Lesser God, the first Main Stem revival of the Tony Award-winning Mark Medoff play since its 1980 premiere. Jackson, co-star and fello…

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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

‘Cats’ Broadway Revival To Be Scratched At Year’s End by Patrick Hipes

Cats, whose original run was one of the longest in Broadway history, now will see its revival come to an end. Producers of the show confirmed today the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical will play …

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Friday, March 17, 2017

JJ Abrams Plays Straight Man On ‘Tonight Show’ In The Interview That Goes Wrong by Patrick Hipes

JJ Abrams was on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night to help promote the Broadway-bound comedy The Play That Goes Wrong, which was a hit on London’s West End (it won an…

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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

‘Sunset Boulevard’ With Glenn Close Extended On Broadway by Patrick Hipes

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway musical Sunset Boulevard starring Glenn Close is extending its run an additional four weeks, producers Paul Blake and Mike Bosner said today. The revival’…

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Friday, January 20, 2017

‘La La Land’ & ‘Hidden Figures’ Among Artios Award Winners by Patrick Hipes

The Casting Society of America gathered tonight to honor casting in film, TV and theater at the 32nd annual Artios Awards. The conventional wisdom of the 2017 Oscars is undisturbed as the ye…

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Friday, October 21, 2016

‘Burn This’ Broadway Revival With Jake Gyllenhaal Postponed Until 2017-2018 by Patrick Hipes

Burn This, the Broadway revival of the Landford Wilson play that was to be a starring vehicle for Jake Gyllenhaal and the first production in the refurbished Hudson Theatre after five decade…

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Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Kevin Kline Back On Broadway To Star In ‘Present Laughter’ by Patrick Hipes

Two-time Tony winner Kevin Kline will return to Broadway after a decade-long absence to star in Present Laughter, the Noel Coward comedy that will open a limited engagement April 5 at the St…

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Thursday, September 8, 2016

Danny DeVito Joins ‘The Price’ In Broadway Debut by Patrick Hipes

Danny DeVito is joining what is turning out to be a monster cast for The Price, the Roundabout Theater Company revival of the 1968 Arthur Miller drama that is in the works for a winter bow. …

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Thursday, August 4, 2016

‘Frozen’ Musical Switches Gears With Director & Choreographer Change by Patrick Hipes

Alex Timbers has exited as director of Frozen, the in-the-works musical based on the wildly successful Disney animated movie. The move comes after an Actors Equity casting notice posted yest…

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Thursday, July 28, 2016

For PBS Docu-Series ‘Hamilton’s America’, History Is The Thing – TCA by Patrick Hipes

After a video from Hamilton creator-star Lin-Manuel Miranda who apologized for not being able to attend, the Broadway smash’s Tony-winning Daveed Diggs and executive producer David Hor…

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‘Flamingo Kid’ Broadway Musical Eyes 2018 Opening by Patrick Hipes

Garry Marshall’s 1984 film The Flamingo Kid is getting the Broadway treatment. The Matt Dillon-starring coming-of-age film set at a swanky beach club on Long Island in the early ’…

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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

James M. Nederlander Dies: Broadway Icon Ruled Main Stem Real Estate by Patrick Hipes

James M. Nederlander Sr., whose Broadway real estate holdings include nine Main Stem houses that made his Nederlander Organization the largest family-owned theater business, died Monday in S…

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Jake Gyllenhaal Back To Broadway For ‘Burn This’ Revival by Patrick Hipes

Jake Gyllenhall will return to the Broadway stage to star in the revival of Landford Wilson’s play Burn This, a production set to begin performances in February 2017 that will mark the…

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Monday, July 11, 2016

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Hamilton’ Farewell Immune To Broadway Box Office Dip by Patrick Hipes

Box office for Week 7 of the Broadway season, which featured the final performance of Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and others in the original cast, was down again compared with last w…

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Thursday, July 7, 2016

John McMartin Dies: Broadway Veteran Of ‘Follies’ & ‘Sweet Charity’ Fame Was 86 by Patrick Hipes

John McMartin, the longtime Broadway staple and film and TV charactor actor who was part of the original cast of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies and starred in Sweet Charity on both the sta…

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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Playwright David Henry Hwang Elected American Theatre Wing Chair by Patrick Hipes

David Henry Hwang has been elected chair of the American Theatre Wing, the organization that created and oversees the Tony Awards. Hwang, the playwright who won the Tony in 1988 for M. But…

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‘Anastasia’ Musical To Get April Broadway Bow by Patrick Hipes

Anastasia, the stage musical inspired by the 1997 Fox animated movie, will move to Broadway for an April 24 opening at the Shuberts’ Broadhurst Theatre. The production will be expanded…

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

‘Fun Home’ Ending Broadway Run In September by Patrick Hipes

Fun Home, which won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2015, will mount its final performance on Broadway on September 10, producers said today. That will make it 26 preview and 582 regular …

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Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Tony Awards: ‘Hamilton’ & Fellow Musical Nominees To Perform by Patrick Hipes

The performances have been set for the 70th annual Tony Awards on Sunday at the Beacon Theater, with all 10 musicals nominated in the Best Musical and Best Revival of a Musical scheduled to …

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Monday, June 6, 2016

Drama Desk Awards: ‘The Humans’ & ‘Shuffle Along’ Lead Winners by Patrick Hipes

The Humans won the Best Play award and Shuffle Along took the top musical prize at the 61st Drama Desk Awards, which were unveiled last night at The Town Hall with Michael Urie serving as ho…

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Thursday, May 26, 2016

Tony Awards Presenters: Oprah Winfrey, Cate Blanchett & More by Patrick Hipes

Oprah Winfrey, Cate Blanchett, Carole King, Nathan Lane, Audra McDonald, Patina Miller and Saoirse Ronan will join nominees Steve Martin and Edie Brickell as presenters for the 70th Tony Awa…

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

NBC Sets Aaron Sorkin’s ‘A Few Good Men’ Live Show For 2017 by Patrick Hipes

Aaron Sorkin, who created NBC’s Emmy-winning The West Wing, is returning to the network with a live presentation of his Braodway play A Few Good Men, which has been slated to air in e…

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

James Noble Dies: ‘Benson’ Governor Was 94 by Patrick Hipes

James Noble, who played the bumbling but kind mayor on ABC’s 1980s sitcom Benson, died Monday in Connecticut. He was 94. The New York Times said a spokesman for Noble’s family s…

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Thursday, December 3, 2015

Matthew Perry To Star In His Debut Play ‘The End Of Longing’ On West End by Patrick Hipes

Matthew Perry will lead the cast of The End Of Longing, his playwriting debut that will have its world premiere in February at London’s Playhouse Theatre. Veteran Lindsay Posner (Speed…

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Thursday, October 8, 2015

Frank Langella Inks With ICM Partners & Circle Of Confusion by Patrick Hipes

EXCLUSIVE: Frank Langella has returned to ICM Partners and has additionally signed with Circle of Confusion for management. He had been at Paradigm since May 2014. The Oscar nominee and thre…

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